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GCSE English Literature · key term
A person who advises a ruler. Gonzalo is an elderly counsellor serving Alonso, King of Naples.
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Paper 1
Revise: Gonzalo and AlonsoGonzalo, an elderly counsellor, repeatedly tries to preserve life and offer comfort. Alonso, King of Naples and Ferdinand’s father, helped Antonio overthrow Prospero twelve years before the play begins. His suffering on the island brings that wrongdoing back to him.
Paper 1
An adviser to a ruler. Gonzalo serves Alonso, King of Naples, but also shows compassion towards the king’s enemies.
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Gonzalo is an elderly counsellor serving Alonso, King of Naples. Shakespeare presents him as compassionate, loyal and determined to find reasons for hope. Alonso begins with a darker history: twelve years before the play’s main action, he helped Antonio overthrow Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan.
